Based on work by Vivek Prakash and Gianluca Guida. See UPDATING about caveats on currently existing accounts. . restores netbsd libc pwcache functions
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.\" $NetBSD: groupadd.8,v 1.17 2006/05/29 01:38:33 hubertf Exp $ */
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.\"
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.\" Copyright (c) 1999 Alistair G. Crooks. All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.Dd November 7, 2005
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.Dt GROUPADD 8
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm groupadd
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.Nd add a group to the system
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.Nm
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.Op Fl ov
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.Op Fl g Ar gid
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.Op Fl r Ar lowgid Ns Li .. Ns Ar highgid
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.Ar group
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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The
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.Nm
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utility adds a group to the system.
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See
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.Xr group 8
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for more information about
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.Dv EXTENSIONS .
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The options are as follows:
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.Bl -tag -width Ds
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.It Fl g Ar gid
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Give the numeric group identifier to be used for the new group.
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.It Fl o
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Allow the new group to have a gid which is already in use for
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another group.
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.It Fl r Ar lowgid Ns Li .. Ns Ar highgid
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Set the low and high bounds of a gid range for new groups.
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A new group can only be created if there are gids which can be
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assigned inside the range.
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This option is included if built with
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.Dv EXTENSIONS .
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.It Fl v
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Enable verbose mode - explain the commands as they are executed.
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This option is included if built with
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.Dv EXTENSIONS .
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.El
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.Sh EXIT STATUS
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.Ex -std groupadd
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr group 5 ,
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.Xr group 8 ,
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.Xr user 8
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.Sh HISTORY
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The
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.Nm
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utility first appeared in
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.Nx 1.5 .
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It is based on the
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.Ar addnerd
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package by the same author.
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.Sh AUTHORS
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The
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.Nm
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utility was written by
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.An Alistair G. Crooks
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.Aq agc@NetBSD.org .
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